Nuevo South is a media and art production company based in Durham, North Carolina, that explores how new cultures intersect with an ever-changing South. The name “Nuevo South” embodies the impact of the arrival and settling of millions of Latin Americans to the American South since the 1990s.
We aim to tell universal stories that challenge mainstream notions of the Latino immigrant experience whole exploring the complexity of what it means to live in two world. Through our films, we aspire to engage and educate audiences and to create new spaces of engagment where communities feel empowered to be active participants in the telling of their own stories and experience the power of seeing “themselves” in screens of all sizes.
We embrace community participation and agency in our creative process, while firmly rejecting extractive documentary practices. As independent filmmakers, our projects take many years to come to fruition, allowing us the time to build lasting relationships, both personal and creative. We are invested in the communities we live and work with through our budgetary priorities that aim to bring lasting mutual benefit to all those involved
